So, in the spirit of updating my blog more than once a year, I have a swanky new phone! With a swanky new app on which I can post stuff on my blog from the comfort of my phone.
Life, lately, seems to have been running in a sort of automatic whirlwind of days and events. It just seems like everything's happening and passing me by! The holiday for this summer with the girlies has now been booked, and I wish it was happening sooner. Roll on August! Tomorrow night, the long awaited curry night me and my friends have been trying to organise for nearly a year is actually happening! Excellent. Imma have korma. I have before been criticised for my loveage of this creamy cuisine, but I stand by my original refrain: it tastes good. It's also yellow, which is my all-time favourite ever colour so it's a win-win scenario as far as I'm concerned.
I was glancing through Glamour magazine today and it struck me how much pressure there is on girls to look perfect. Even the bigger models in the magazine are stick thin and I left my reading uncomfortable and feeling rather inadequate.
And although many people object to this stereotype, it surprises me the extent to which people conform to it. We know we shouldn't feel this way about ourselves, but we do because the pressures and temptations that cause us to feel imperfect remain. It makes me angry that there are so many stereotypes expected of me because of my age, race and sex, and yet at the same time I hold others to these same expectations, and it's all largely untrue, unrealistic and unfair.
OK, rant over. That was nice wasn't it?
God bless :)
Love, Anna
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